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singalana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Gore and Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
venetiana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
But there are racist and ableist things in this book, and those are just very iffy. Ugh.
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, and Classism
sundayray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol
wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Infertility, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Stalking
Victim-blaming, adoptionbuttoneyereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief
Minor: Abortion
siobhanward's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Anyway, the mystery was fine. Sad and very Danish, but fine. The writing was clunky in parts (usually the story moved between Esther and Jeppe, but there were a couple paragraphs that focused on other detectives for no real reason at all? Jeppe's personal life is a mess (as they always are in this kind of story), but the side plot about him sleeping with one of the witnesses was super unnecessary, especially since it played no actual role in the story, other than reinforcing that he did selfish things and almost ruined his case.
This was a very standard fare for a detective novel. Nothing special other than weird misogyny, unfortunately.
Moderate: Death and Gore